Project Pan for Cafs - Gender Role and Stereotypes
Community and family studies
Project Plan
By Storm Menzies
Chosen Research topic: Research on this topic has been chosen due to it prominence with in society, whilst also being of interest for further education in the field of social science. Question: what factors contribute to the socialization of children in defining gender role perceptions?
This research aim’s to identify the internal and external influences that may contribute to a child’s perception of gender roles and stereotypes. This research also aims to determine whether internal or external factors are most influential during this development.
Internal factors: External factors:
Parental influence The media- in the form of magazines and advertising
The family unit/structure The education system targeting pre-school
Hypothesis: Although both internal and external factors will a have significant influence on the gender development with in the child, internal factors will play a bigger role in perceiving gender roles and stereotypes. It is also hypothesised that there will be more defined perception of gender roles amongst the older of the survey participants.
Meet requirements
Core concepts-lifespan development
Core strand – groups
Course Concepts Involved
The influence of socialization on a child’s gender role perception relates to several of the Community and Family Studies chapters. These are:
Chap 2 Resource Management – wellbeing, needs, wants,
Chap 3 Individuals and Groups – gender perceptions
Chap 4 Families and Communities – lifespan development
This topic relates to all of these chapters’ socialization affects the wellbeing of both genders and the differences in gender perceptions in the childhood stage of the lifespan.
Primary Research Methods
The following research methods will be used to collect primary data: * 150-
Project Plan
By Storm Menzies
Chosen Research topic: Research on this topic has been chosen due to it prominence with in society, whilst also being of interest for further education in the field of social science. Question: what factors contribute to the socialization of children in defining gender role perceptions?
This research aim’s to identify the internal and external influences that may contribute to a child’s perception of gender roles and stereotypes. This research also aims to determine whether internal or external factors are most influential during this development.
Internal factors: External factors:
Parental influence The media- in the form of magazines and advertising
The family unit/structure The education system targeting pre-school
Hypothesis: Although both internal and external factors will a have significant influence on the gender development with in the child, internal factors will play a bigger role in perceiving gender roles and stereotypes. It is also hypothesised that there will be more defined perception of gender roles amongst the older of the survey participants.
Meet requirements
Core concepts-lifespan development
Core strand – groups
Course Concepts Involved
The influence of socialization on a child’s gender role perception relates to several of the Community and Family Studies chapters. These are:
Chap 2 Resource Management – wellbeing, needs, wants,
Chap 3 Individuals and Groups – gender perceptions
Chap 4 Families and Communities – lifespan development
This topic relates to all of these chapters’ socialization affects the wellbeing of both genders and the differences in gender perceptions in the childhood stage of the lifespan.
Primary Research Methods
The following research methods will be used to collect primary data: * 150-
Bibliography: * Write introduction Week 8, Term 1 * Collate appendix * Do final presentation/proof read Week 9, Term 1 * Submit Individual Research Project draft to Ms James Week 1, term 2 * Hand in final report with corrections (Note: through out the project plan diary entries are recorded and bibliographical sources are noted)